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Cut or shortened, especially of a literary work

Made up of short snippets

Small, compact, or on a small scale

Not having all the necessary or appropriate parts

Past tense for to shorten in duration or extent

Past tense for to render comprehensible or understandable

Past tense for to fix, correct, revise or improve (a text or document)

Past tense for to produce (a list or book) by assembling information collected from other sources

Past tense for to remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly

Past tense for to make or become less

Past tense for to diminish in intensity or severity, especially gradually

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Adjective

Cut or shortened, especially of a literary work

miniaturized^US

miniaturised^UK

smallest possible

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“An abridged text of the speech.”

Adjective

Made up of short snippets

short and sweet

in a few well-chosen words

short and to the point

cut to the bone

uncommunicative

making a long story short

short-and-sweet

down to brass tacks

in well-chosen words

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Adjective

Small, compact, or on a small scale

miniaturized^US

miniaturised^UK

knee-high to a grasshopper

knee high to a grasshopper

with no room to swing a cat

knee high to a gnat

close to the ground

unconsequential

nickel-and-dime

not worth bothering about

invisible to the naked eye

extremely small

barely perceptible

a slip of a …

economic of space

thin on the ground

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Adjective

Made easy

Adjective

Not having all the necessary or appropriate parts

under construction

in short supply

not functioning

not up to scratch

non-functioning

too little too late

leaving much to be desired

disorganized^US

lacking in detail

disorganised^UK

thrown together

coming up short

bottom-of-barrel

not cut out for

in a state of disrepair

not up to snuff

imperfectly developed

not good enough

not up to standard

cobbled together

not up to expectations

on the back of an envelope

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Verb

Past tense for to shorten in duration or extent

gave an abstract of

given an abstract of

gave a summary of

given a summary of

gave a digest of

given a digest of

gave an outline of

given an outline of

gave a precis of

given a precis of

gave a synopsis of

given a synopsis of

put in a nutshell

put in nutshell

cut to the bone

made a summary of

gave the main points of

given the main points of

put the brakes on

put a restriction on

given the gist of

gave the gist of

characterized^US

given main points

gave main points

made a outline of

characterised^UK

gave a rundown of

given a rundown of

summarized the evidence

summarized the argument

reviewed the evidence

made a long story short

made cutbacks in

reduced greatly

made reductions in

made an outline of

gotten to the meat

got to the meat

given a summing-up

gave a summing-up

gotten the measure of

got the measure of

written a summary of

wrote a summary of

gave a quick rundown on

given a rough idea of

given a quick rundown on

given a rough idea

gave a rough idea

given a thumbnail sketch of

gave a thumbnail sketch of

gave a rough idea of

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“These the Editor has rather endeavoured to abridge than completely to remove.”

Verb

Past tense for to render comprehensible or understandable

made straightforward

reduced to the bare bones

put in a nutshell

put one straight

let daylight in

let sunlight in

hit the high spots

made perfectly clear

gotten to the meat

got to the meat

gotten down to basics

got down to basics

drawn a picture

put in plain English

straightened out

characterized^US

characterised^UK

thrown light on

put in the picture

put into plain English

put in plain words

went into detail

gone into detail

experiments with

experimented with

rationalized^US

rationalised^UK

painted a picture

cleared the air

stated in layman's language

straightened up

found the solution to

made easier to understand

explained in simple terms

found an answer to

found a solution to

filled someone in

made see daylight

made head or tail of

got something straight

drawn a picture of

expressed in words

found the key to

drew a picture of

given the details of

made more intelligible

made intelligible

gave the details of

cleared the air about

removed the complexities from

made more comprehensible

found the answer to

pieced together

given an explanation of

gave an explanation of

gotten to the bottom of

got to the bottom of

given a commentary on

gave a commentary on

given the big picture

gave the big picture

thrown light upon

threw light upon

given insight into

gave insight into

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Verb

Past tense for to fix, correct, revise or improve (a text or document)

Verb

Past tense for to produce (a list or book) by assembling information collected from other sources

Verb

Past tense for to remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly

made presentable

deleted parts of

made acceptable

made deletions in

made changes to

supervised communications

refused transmission

prevented publication

dropped the iron curtain

washed and iron

washed and press

did the washing

did the laundry

done the laundry

done the washing

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Verb

Past tense for to make or become less

took the edge off

taken the edge off

made cutbacks in

lowered in price

lowered in value

took the bite out

taken the bite out

taken the sting out

took the sting out

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Verb

Past tense for to diminish in intensity or severity, especially gradually

took the bite out

taken the bite out

took the sting out

taken the sting out

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